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R
Python
SQL

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Last updated on 2021-11-20.

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Samvel Avakian

I’m an Econ PhD dropout/Data Analyst looking for a position that would be appealing to someone interested in both industry and academia

Career

Data Analyst

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Yandex

current - 2021

  • I do product analytics for Yandex Direct, a service for placing targeted ads
  • I lead the AB-testing part of the analytics at Direct - I work closely with the product team to design experiments, design and pick metrics, and eventually calculate the results if needed. I use a proprietary Python framework to automate the calculation process.
  • Aside from AB-testing, I also do various ad-hoc tasks and BI-related work

Junior to Senior Analyst

Department of fiscal policy and long-term planning

Ministry of Finance

2021 - 2018

  • Used R to automate routine tasks, wrote daily reports on the latest news (key data releases/policy decisions), dealt with routine data wrangling/simple analytics tasks
  • Built and maintained simple projections of oil production and oil-related tax expenses using R. The project provided analytical support to a major overhaul of oil taxation in Russia




R Packages

hearthstone - R package for competitive Hearthstone players

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2020

  • Solves for Nash equilibrium in mixed strategies in various Hearthstone tournament formats, albeit with suboptimal efficiency
  • Refutes the universal consensus regarding equilibrial pick order in one of the tournament formats
  • Includes a vignette describing the theory behind the solvers

Education

PhD Candidate, Economics

Faculty of Economics, Institutional Economics department

Lomonosov Moscow State University

2020 - 2018

  • Completed the coursework, passed the qualifying exams, but dropped out afterwards

M.S., Economics

Faculty of Economics, Institutional Economics department

Lomonosov Moscow State University

2018 - 2016

  • Thesis: Political budget cycles: evidence from Russian regions

B.S., Economics

Faculty of Economics

Lomonosov Moscow State University

2016 - 2012

  • Admitted at age 14
  • Thesis: Welfare effects of alcohol excise taxes: evidence from Russia

Research Experience

Research Assistant

Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions

New Economic School

2019

  • Co-authored a small paper that got published in a minor linguistics journal
  • My task was to research and implement several methods of estimating “phonetical” distance between several Asian accents of English